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Overview

Willis K. Samson is a researcher primarily affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple fields related to medicine and neuroscience, with a particular focus on physiology and endocrine systems.

Samson's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Their research subfields further specify areas of expertise such as:

  • Physiology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology

Key research topics covered by Willis K. Samson involve:

  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Biochemical effects in animals

Among the more frequent venues where Samson's work is published are:

  • Physiology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • Physiological Reviews
  • Endocrinology

Selected recent research papers authored or co-authored by Willis K. Samson include:

  • A primer on obesity-related cardiomyopathy, 2021, Physiological Reviews
  • GPR160 de-orphanization reveals critical roles in neuropathic pain in rodents, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Signaling in rat brainstem via Gpr160 is required for the anorexigenic and antidipsogenic actions of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide, 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • A novel regulator of thirst behavior: phoenixin, 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • Past, present and future of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide, 2021, Physiology & Behavior

Frequent collaboration partners in research include:

  • Gina L. C. Yosten
  • Grant R. Kolar
  • Joshua Stafford
  • Christopher J. Haddock
  • Lauren M. Stein

Best Publications

  • Atrial Natriuretic Factor Inhibits Dehydration and Hemorrhage-Induced Vasopressin Release

    Willis K. Samson

  • Insulin-like Growth Factor I as aÈCardiac Hormone: Physiological and Pathophysiological Implications in Heart Disease

    Jun Ren;Willis K. Samson;James R. Sowers

  • Cardiovascular regulatory actions of the hypocretins in brain

    Willis K. Samson;Blake Gosnell;Jaw Kang Chang;Zachary T. Resch

  • The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus – a potential target for integrative treatment of autonomic dysfunction

    Alastair V Ferguson;Kevin J Latchford;Willis K Samson

  • Neuropeptide Y affects secretion of luteinizing hormone and growth hormone in ovariectomized rats

    John K. McDonald;Michael D. Lumpkin;Willis K. Samson;Samuel M. McCann

  • Atrial natriuretic factor inhibits dehydration- and angiotensin II-induced water intake in the conscious, unrestrained rat

    Jose Antunes-Rodrigues;Samuel M. McCann;Lisa C. Rogers;Willis K. Samson

  • Evidence for a Physiological Role for Oxytocin in the Control of Prolactin Secretion

    Willis K. Samson;Michael D. Lumpkin;Samuel M. McCANN

  • ADRENOMEDULLIN AND THE CONTROL OF FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE HOMEOSTASIS

    Willis K. Samson

  • Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide: Evidence for a Hypothalamic Site of Action to Release Growth Hormone, Luteinizing Hormone, and Prolactin in Conscious Ovariectomized Rats*

    E. Vijayan;W. K. Samson;S. I. Said;S. M. Mccann

  • Nesfatin-1 exerts cardiovascular actions in brain: possible interaction with the central melanocortin system.

    Gina L. C. Yosten;Willis K. Samson

  • Galanin: Evidence for a hypothalamic site of action to release growth hormone

    Anna Ottlecz;Willis K. Samson;S.M. McCann

  • Permeability of the blood-brain barrier to a novel satiety molecule nesfatin-1

    Tulin O. Price;Willis K. Samson;Michael L. Niehoff;William A. Banks

  • The anorexigenic and hypertensive effects of nesfatin-1 are reversed by pretreatment with an oxytocin receptor antagonist

    Gina L. C. Yosten;Willis K. Samson

  • Leptin attenuates cardiac contraction in rat ventricular myocytes. Role of NO.

    Marvie W. Nickola;Loren E. Wold;Peter B. Colligan;Guei-Jane Wang

  • A novel vasoactive peptide, adrenomedullin, inhibits pituitary adrenocorticotropin release.

    W K Samson;T Murphy;D A Schell

  • The novel vasoactive hormone, adrenomedullin, inhibits water drinking in the rat.

    Tonya C. Murphy;Willis K. Samson

  • Obestatin acts in brain to inhibit thirst

    Willis K. Samson;Meghan M. White;Christopher Price;Alastair V. Ferguson

  • Intrahypothalamic action of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) to inhibit growth hormone and LH release in the rat

    Norihito Ono;Michael D. Lumpkin;Willis K. Samson;John K. McDonald

  • The orexin/hypocretin system: a critical regulator of neuroendocrine and autonomic function

    Alastair V. Ferguson;Willis K. Samson

  • In vivo and in vitro effects of cholecystokinin on gonadotropin, prolactin, growth hormone and thyrotropin release in the rat.

    E. Vijayan;W.K. Samson;S.M. McCann

Frequent Co-Authors

S. M. McCann
S. M. McCann The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Andres Negro-Vilar
Andres Negro-Vilar National Institutes of Health
Daniela Salvemini
Daniela Salvemini Saint Louis University
Joseph G. Verbalis
Joseph G. Verbalis Georgetown University Medical Center
John A. Corbett
John A. Corbett Medical College of Wisconsin
Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez
Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez University of Mississippi Medical Center
Aaron J. W. Hsueh
Aaron J. W. Hsueh Stanford University
Edward M. Stricker
Edward M. Stricker University of Pittsburgh
Larry Johnson
Larry Johnson United States Department of Agriculture
Roger A.H. Adan
Roger A.H. Adan Utrecht University

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